i made a deal with the guy who bought my car for a lower price and i kept the wheels to sell separate, so i'd like to know what you guys think i should ask for these.
when i first got them:
took them to my friend's machine shop where we cold tanked all 4 of them overnight (hot tank would have damaged the aluminum):
cleaning them in the parts washer with hot soapy water:
this is as good as they cold tank could get them ...
so i had to roll up my sleeves using his blast cabinet and "glass" bead all wheels inside and out:
what emerged after couple of weekends going over after work and doing these 1 at a time, it took a LOT longer than i had anticipated, seems factory painted and baked wheels don't wanna strip that easy:
but that wasn't the end for me, oh no, i had to take these wheels and sand and wetsand the ribs/face and then polish them, probably over 2 days worth of work for EACH wheel:
they now sit unpainted, i can either have them painted the correct gold color leaving the polished ribs and then clear coating them, or i can sell them they way they are now.
i have the center caps too but honestly after the work i put into these wheels it would be a sin to reuse those 30+ year old center caps, so basically assume no center caps although i'll throw in the ones i have in the deal.
so after all this, how much do you guys think i should ask for these? unpainted the way they sit
